Definition of "disempowerment" [disempowerment]

• The act of disempowering (noun)
• The condition of being disempowered; powerlessness (noun)

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• "This resulted in disempowerment, lack of focus, a lot of self-doubt, and fear of sharing any "un-massaged" news at the risk of being another casualty of new-CEO-itis."
• "Citing the case of a school where one in six pupils was black, and there were no blacks on the governing body, he said legislators had to take note of the "disempowerment" of people who had no voice in their schools."
• "It did because it drew the connection between the whole range of concerns and frustrations about downsizing and disempowerment which is a big theme of this book, and the way that economic forces, as well as cultural forces, contribute to the erosion of community and citizenship."